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  2. Ponca - Wikipedia

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    When Congress decided to remove several northern tribes to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1876, the Ponca were on the list. After inspecting the lands the US government offered for their new reservation and finding it unsuitable for agriculture , the Ponca chiefs decided against a move to the Indian Territory.

  3. Niobrara Reservation - Wikipedia

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    By 1908 after allotment of plots to individual households of the tribes under the Dawes Act, 1,130.7 acres (4.576 km 2) were reserved for an agency, school and mission for a distinct Santee Sioux Reservation; the neighboring Ponca Reservation had only 160 acres (0.65 km 2) reserved for agency and school buildings.

  4. Gros Ventre - Wikipedia

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    The Gros Ventre were reported living in two north–south tribal groups – the so-called Fall Indians (Canadian or northern group, Hahá-tonwan) of 260 tipis (2,500 population) traded with the North West Company on the Upper Saskatchewan River [clarification needed] and roamed between the Missouri and Bow River, and the so-called Staetan tribe ...

  5. Cherokee removal - Wikipedia

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    The Cherokee removal (May 25, 1838 – 1839), part of the Indian removal, refers to the forced displacement of an estimated 15,500 Cherokees and 1,500 African-American slaves from the U.S. states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama to the West according to the terms of the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. [1]

  6. Tonkawa - Wikipedia

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    After the Civil War, Texas being a Confederate state, Union forces occupied Texas, and in 1867 as many as 135 Tonkawa were escorted back north from Austin to Jacksboro, Texas by the Indian agent for the United States. [21] [22] [23] That same year the Tonkawa were then resettled on a reservation near Fort Griffin in Shackelford County. [24]

  7. Yavapai - Wikipedia

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    By the early 20th century, Yavapai were moving away from the San Carlos Reservation, and were requesting permission to live on the grounds of the original Camp Verde Reservation. In 1910, 40 acres (161,874 m 2 ) was set aside as the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, and in the following decade added 248 acres (1,003,620 m 2 ) in two parcels, which ...

  8. Choctaw - Wikipedia

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    Similar figures were given by St. Denis who estimated the Choctaw at 18,000 warriors (or 90,000 people) in 1714 and by W. Bull who estimated them at 16,000 warriors (or 80,000 people) in 1738. According to B. R. Carroll the Choctaw were reckoned by the French to be the most numerous nation of Indians in America and consisted of many thousand ...

  9. Long Walk of the Navajo - Wikipedia

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    One tribe that proved to be most useful was the Utes. The Utes were very knowledgeable of the lands of the Navajos and were very familiar with Navajo strongholds as well. [15] Carson launched his full-scale assault on the Navajo population in January 1864. [14] He destroyed everything in his path, eradicating the way of life of the Navajo people.